As I sit back and reflect on those moments, I can't imagine me going through and doing all that I have done. But then all that has happened and I was a part of that grand journey. Its difficult to imagine reliving all those moments. Its difficult to sum up what are my take aways and what have I really learned over this period. Because this is a course where most of what you "study" won't appear to be of any use in professional life; the real learning lies a little beneath all the bookish knowledge- which according to me is to be "resourceful" (to be able to pursue any kind of assignment) , to "execute" projects (carrying through activities till the very end) and "multi -tasking".
These terms may appear to be routine and GLOBE but having gone through the "ride" myself I can attach a fair amount of specificity and purpose to these terms. There are times when one has to forget everything in the world and concentrate on one simple power point ppt and still get screwed during the presentation. The above mentioned qualities are not something that come naturally or through perfect execution of tasks but rather through step by step learnings imparted by failures-big or small. And to talk about failures, there are all versions of it- casual/serious, tiny/mammoth, silly/fundamental and so on. But one has to move on after every instance of it; there isn't any time to reflect. And thats when one learns, not through self-assessment but through an unconscious adaptation which is natural to living beings. Although the process is much faster as compared to the natural one. But then things do move fast at hell. One minute you are preparing for the project presentation the next minute you are mugging up the syllabus for term exams and blink of an eye later you at in the movie hall.
More on it later....
